Cultivator.



A. BENTON & C. D. JORDAN. GU-LTIVATOB.. APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNI: ze, 1909.

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UNITE ABBA BENTON AND CHARLES DILLON JORDAN, OF MONTICELLO, GEORGIA.

CULTVATOR.

Application filed June 29, 1909.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that we, ABBA BENTON and CHARLES DiLLoN JORDAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Monticello, in the county of Jasper and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Cultivator, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cultivators.

The object of the present invention is to improve the const ruction of that class of cultivators employing transverse bars, eX- tending laterally from the beam and carrying spring teeth, and to provide an improved construction for connecting the teeth with the laterally extending` bars, whereby greater strength, a more rapid assembling of the parts and an easier adjustment of the same are secured.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction,within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure l is a plan view of a portion of a cultivator, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4C is a detail sectional view on the line 4 1 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 8. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion of the rear laterally extending tooth-carrying bar, illustrating the construction of the rounded protuberances.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the gures of the drawing.

l and 2 designate front and rear transversely disposed tooth-carrying bars, designed to be pivotally connected with and to extend from the side of a beam not shown) in a manner similar to the laterally extending bars of the combined cultivator, harrow and plow,` shown and described in Patent No. 902,367, granted to us, Oct. 2, 1908. The spring teeth 3, which may have soil-engaging terminals of any desired con- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1999.

serial No. 505,042.

struction, are connected at their front ends to the lower faceof the laterally extending bar l by bolts 4L, or other suitable fastening devices, and they are provided in their upper straight longitudinal portions with longitudinal grooves 5, which are curved in cross section and present concave upper faces to a series of rounded protuberances G of the rear tranverse bar 2. The rounded protuberances G are. formed by openings 7, counter-sunk in the upper face of the rear transverse bar 2, and the protuberances, which project from the lower face of the' rear tranverse bar 2, fit in the grooves of the upper faces of the spring teeth and coperate with the said grooves to form pivotal connections between the re'ar transverse bar and the said teeth. This construction dispenses with the use of bolts for pivoting the teeth and the rear transverse bar together, and the longitudinal grooves of the spring teeth will permit an adjustment of the rear transverse bar toward and from the front transverse bar l, thereby facilitating the assembling of the parts and obviating the necessity of providing a plurality of bolt holes. lThis form of pivotal connection also results in an easy adjustment of the teeth by the operator, and the fitting of the protuberances between the' curved side portions of the teeth results in a bracing of the parts, and avoids the looseness resulting from the employment of bolts. Increased strength at the pivotal connections between the spring teeth and the rear transverse' bar is secured, without injuring the fiber of the metal.

The spring teeth are supported in their interloclred pivotal connection with the rear 'transverse bar by means of a lower transverse brace 8, having upturned terminals 9, spacing the brace 8 from the lower face of the transverse bar 2. The transverse brace S, which is of a length less than the transverse bar 2, is secured at intervals to the same by means of bolts l0, which also serve to connect the rear ends of a short longitudinal brace 1l to the rear transverse bar and its brace. The short brace ll, vhich eX- tends between the bars l and 2, is pivoted at its front end to the bar l by a bolt l2, or other suitable fastening device. The assembling of the parts in the construction of cultivators, the brace l1 may be made of different lengths, and the longitudinal grooves transverse bar to be positioned dierent distanccs from the front transverse bar l without perforating the spring teeth at the rear transverse bar. The rear transverse bar may be provided with any number of protuberances to permit the desired number of teeth to be used and also to afford an adjustment, whereby the teeth may be arranged in ditferent positions at different distances from the beam.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent7 is l. A cultivator including front and rear tansverse bars7 the rear transverse bar being provided at its lower face with a protuberance, and a spring tooth pivotally connected to the front bar and provided in rear of the same with a longitudinal groove receiving the protuberan'ce of the rear transverse bar and coperating with the same to forni a pivotal connection and adapted to permit an adjustment of the rear transverse bar toward and from the front transverse bar in the construction of the cultivator.

2. A cultivator including front and rear t ansverse bars, the rear transverse bar being provided at intervals with openings countersunk in the upper face of the transverse bar and forming protuberances at the lower face of the same, a plurality of spring teeth pivotally connected with the front transverse bar and provided in their upper faces with longitudinal grooves receiving the protuberances of the rear transverse bar, and a brace located beneath the rear transverse bar and secured to the saine and supporting the teeth in their interlocled pivotal connection with the rear transverse bar.

3. A cultivator including front and rear transverse bars, the rear transverse bar being provided at intervals with openings countersunk in the upper face of the transverse bar and forming protuberances at the lower face of the same, a plurality of spring teeth piv-` otally connected with the front transverse bar and provided in their upper faces with longitudinal grooves receiving the protuberances of the rear transverse bar7 a transverse brace located beneath the rear transverse bar and connecting upturned terminals fitted against the same, said transverse brace supporting the teeth in engagement with the protuberancc of the rear transverse bar, and a supporting' longitudinal brace extending between the front and rear transverse bars and secured to the saine, the fastening means at the rear end of the brace passing' through the adjacent counter-sunk opening of the rear transverse bar.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ABBA BENTON. CHARLES 'DILLGN JORDAN.

lVitnesses J. J. POPE, M. B. PERRY.v 

